Support Worker - Assistive Technology Widnes, England
Job description
What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:
- Competitive hourly rate: £11.81 per hour
- Pension: contributory pension scheme
- Benefits: retail discounts, holiday discounts, cycle to work scheme and travel discounts through our benefits app
- Best Lives Possible: You'll be working for an award winning charity who is passionate about ensuring our colleagues and the people we support lead the best lives possible
- Development: We'll work with you to develop your career or to learn and experience new things. We're passionate about developing our people!
- Support: From our Employee Assistance Programme (available 24/7), financial support options, and wellbeing fund you'll have the support available to lead an easier (financial) life
Since the early days, we’ve grown to provide many innovative and bespoke care services to thousands of people across England and Scotland. We want to provide support based on the principles of choice, dignity and respect. This resonates in our vision of ‘Your Life, Your Choice’ and our strategy ‘Best Lives Possible’.
We have strong values and we’re proud to pioneer new ways of delivering social care to stand out in our sector. In the past two years, we have won or made the shortlist for over 100 national and regional awards!
We are also focused on our people. Our Support Workers are dedicated and passionate about going ‘the extra mile’ for the people we support and in return, we go the extra mile for them by investing in pay, recognition, wellbeing and continued professional and personal development. We will provide you with all the training, support and personal protective equipment you need in your role and will help you develop, should you decide you want to develop your career with us.
Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role:
Your values:
SVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care (Scotland) or Level 3 Diploma in Care (England)
Experience
- Experience of getting to know people individually and ensuring their needs are met in a way that is caring, kind and respectful.
- Understanding of person-centred support
- Proven track record of working in a health or social care setting
- Previous experience of working across multiple sites
- Previous experience of working with various client groups
Skills / Abilities
Demonstrating Personal Qualities – A Place I Belong/ Changing Lives - It’s all about you…you’ll have high level of self-awareness and enjoy developing new skills and abilities. Your values are important to you and aligned with ours – you work to a high standard and you will always do the right thing.
Working with People – Better Together - We work better when we work together – you will be a natural at developing relationships with others, working together as part of a team, and encouraging others to contribute. A people person, you will develop networks in your local community to enhance the lives of the people we support.
Leading/Managing Services – Purpose with Passion/ Changing Lives - You are passionate about enabling people to live the life they want to lead. You accept your own mistakes and learn from them, rather than blaming others. You set a good example to others by role-modelling our values.
Delivering Results/Improving Services – Dare to be the Best - We all have the power to make a difference…you actively seek out opinions from people who use the service, their families and carers to make improvements. You are not afraid to speak out when it really matters, when you can see something that’s not right. You are always looking for opportunities to develop and improve yourself and new ways of doing things where you think something can be done better.
